Alright Boyz, Here We Go!!!! (OOTP 2007 Preview Thoughts...)

[Buccaneer]

Thanks Ben, I was afraid that was the replacement. I really liked this printout...

[Ben E Lou]

It covers the pitching stats with the same level of detail as that report, but for some reason, not batting. Of course, there's far more info linked to from this screen, but there's not a one-page printable summary quite like in the past.

[Ben E Lou]

I already know how I'm going to play my first league: run a 20-team league (structured like the above one, with one less team per division), from 1975-2000, to clear out all of the original players. Then, I'll start with an expansion draft after the 2000 season, adding four new teams to the league for a 4-division, 24-team format. I'll run an expansion team.

[IMetTrentGreen]

i'm going to run up to '77 and take the rangers when they enter the league.

are there any house rules for using historical players? i want to use them, but i also don't want to know who is going to end up great. if i have to know, i don't want a huge advantage.

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by IMetTrentGreen

i'm going to run up to '77 and take the rangers when they enter the league.

are there any house rules for using historical players? i want to use them, but i also don't want to know who is going to end up great. if i have to know, i don't want a huge advantage.

That's the way I have always played the game and in this version, I think you have to make you don't recalc or something like that.

Right now I am not sure, I really like the summary printout. Maybe there's a way to customize the reports to get something like that instead of the extraneous garbage that's there now.

[KWhit]

Buc, here's another report that I use often at season's end:

[KWhit]

History Home | Players | Teams | Managers | Leagues | Leaderboards | Awards | Accomplishments

ALN | ATL | BUF | COL | DM | DET | FRE | LAR | LV | LEX | LA | MN | NO | PHI | POR | SF | SPO | STP | VB | WAS

Team Index | Draft History | Starters: Positional - Pitchers | Registers: Batters - Pitchers | Leaders: Batters - Pitchers | Transaction Log | Injury Log

Atlanta Donkeys 2014 Stats

Record83-79, .512 - Finish 2nd - Runs Scored 707 - Runs Allowed 661

Team Batting Stats Pos Player Age G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS VORP C Juan Alonso 31 135 134 490 50 131 15 4 14 58 0 2 43 66 .267 .330 .400 .730 12.5 SS #Stan Austin 28 135 75 266 26 64 26 1 3 26 4 1 24 58 .241 .315 .380 .695 -4.7 C George Avery 25 133 27 192 18 37 3 0 4 22 1 1 15 52 .193 .258 .271 .529 -12.4 LF *José Chávez 31 156 147 589 108 161 30 9 21 82 45 22 91 117 .273 .379 .462 .841 37.5 1B Fa-tang Chi 30 160 158 615 84 186 36 4 36 118 0 2 55 126 .302 .357 .550 .907 45.9 3B #Dave Ferrell 27 132 128 544 74 163 32 4 3 37 7 3 29 64 .300 .337 .390 .726 21.4 LF *Cruz Flores 28 41 4 49 5 9 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 6 .184 .200 .245 .445 -5.6 P *Alfredo García 26 45 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.0 P Jorge Garza 30 29 29 50 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .060 .060 .100 .160 -0.7 CF *Tomás González 24 15 0 14 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2.0 LF Steven Gregory 28 128 49 253 41 67 10 1 19 47 8 6 24 59 .265 .334 .538 .872 15.3 P Bill Hayes 30 55 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 SS Norberto Hernández 25 27 3 27 2 6 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 7 .222 .241 .333 .575 -0.9 SS Kazuyuki Hirai 22 97 26 139 18 37 10 0 1 13 8 2 5 30 .266 .302 .360 .662 2.3 P Rob Honeybourne 25 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 C *Jack Jenkins 25 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 1.4 P Jae-hoon Kim 32 53 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.1 P *António Lombos 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 P *Jorge Márquez 28 43 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 P Iken Masasu 24 61 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 P Will McKenzie 22 30 30 59 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 16 .102 .117 .136 .252 0.0 P Juan Morales 27 34 34 59 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 .102 .102 .136 .237 -0.1 RF Víctor Moreno 35 156 154 606 83 142 33 6 28 86 26 5 60 132 .234 .304 .447 .751 5.0 1B *Joe O'Dell 25 10 0 11 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .455 .500 .455 .955 1.9 2B Juan Jose Osorio 30 154 153 570 84 135 39 4 20 78 6 2 81 125 .237 .331 .425 .755 28.0 P Jeffery Page 29 40 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 SS Pablo Rosado 31 119 107 365 28 88 17 1 4 40 0 0 34 63 .241 .304 .326 .630 -2.8 P Jorge Sánchez 34 28 28 56 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 .161 .175 .179 .354 0.9 CF *Duane Spencer 29 132 130 467 66 142 38 6 6 49 16 16 54 16 .304 .383 .450 .832 25.4 P Woodrow Wilson 26 35 35 73 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 .137 .160 .151 .311 0.8 Team Totals 27.9 2223 1458 5528 707 1418 304 40 159 673 125 63 519 1019 .257 .324 .412 .736 172.5 * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Player Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA VORP Alfredo García 26 3 2 0.600 45 0 0 59.2 50 20 7 27 62 3.02 13.9 Jorge Garza 30 1 17 0.056 29 29 0 181.1 178 100 24 83 115 4.96 3.1 Bill Hayes 30 5 2 0.714 55 1 1 72.2 79 40 13 33 38 4.95 1.4 Rob Honeybourne 25 1 2 0.333 28 0 0 37.2 26 15 3 23 27 3.58 6.4 Jae-hoon Kim 32 2 7 0.222 53 5 3 93.2 75 29 7 34 63 2.79 24.3 António Lombos 30 0 1 0.000 11 0 1 11.2 15 11 1 7 7 8.49 -4.4 Jorge Márquez 28 4 1 0.800 43 0 3 54.0 54 24 6 18 35 4.00 6.7 Iken Masasu 24 5 7 0.417 60 0 32 69.1 64 27 4 24 65 3.50 12.4 Will McKenzie 22 10 12 0.455 30 30 0 199.0 183 73 18 50 123 3.30 40.4 Juan Morales 27 14 7 0.667 34 34 0 198.1 160 69 11 65 100 3.13 43.7 Jeffery Page 29 4 4 0.500 40 0 1 62.0 76 45 11 23 28 6.53 -9.7 Jorge Sánchez 34 13 9 0.591 28 28 0 178.2 151 74 21 69 111 3.73 27.7 Woodrow Wilson 26 21 8 0.724 35 35 0 246.0 181 70 11 65 236 2.56 69.8 Team Totals 27.9 83 79 0.512 491 162 41 1464.0 1292 597 137 521 1010 3.67 235.7 * - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Pitcher Fielding Stats Player Inn GS G PO A E DP Iken Masasu 69.1 0 60 1 13 3 0 .824 1.82 Bill Hayes 72.2 1 55 5 10 1 1 .938 1.86 Jae-hoon Kim 93.2 5 53 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.44 Alfredo García 59.2 0 45 2 14 0 0 1.000 2.41 Jorge Márquez 54.0 0 43 4 9 1 1 .929 2.17 Jeffery Page 62.0 0 40 6 11 1 0 .944 2.47 Woodrow Wilson 246.0 35 35 11 46 5 2 .919 2.09 Juan Morales 198.1 34 34 10 34 5 0 .898 2.00 Will McKenzie 199.0 30 30 10 32 1 2 .977 1.90 Jorge Garza 181.1 29 29 6 23 4 2 .879 1.44 Rob Honeybourne 37.2 0 28 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.43 Jorge Sánchez 178.2 28 28 17 30 3 1 .940 2.37 António Lombos 11.2 0 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.54 Team Totals 1464.0 162 491 79 238 24 9 .930 Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)

Catcher Fielding Stats Player Inn GS G PO A E DP Juan Alonso 1188.0 134 134 858 65 6 4 .994 6.99 George Avery 265.0 27 37 192 18 2 2 .991 7.13 Steven Gregory 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Jack Jenkins 9.0 1 1 6 2 0 0 1.000 8.00 Team Totals 1464.0 162 173 1057 86 8 6 .993 Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)

First Base Fielding Stats Player Inn GS G PO A E DP Fa-tang Chi 1364.0 158 158 1336 77 4 80 .997 9.32 Stan Austin 61.1 3 23 55 4 0 1 1.000 8.66 Norberto Hernández 31.0 1 9 21 2 0 3 1.000 6.68 Joe O'Dell 4.2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 George Avery 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Team Totals 1464.0 162 193 1416 83 4 84 .997 Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)

Second Base Fielding Stats Player Inn GS G PO A E DP Juan Jose Osorio 1380.0 153 153 339 384 8 74 .989 4.72 Stan Austin 53.0 6 6 13 22 0 2 1.000 5.94 Kazuyuki Hirai 29.0 3 4 9 6 0 1 1.000 4.66 Dave Ferrell 2.0 0 1 1 1 1 0 .667 9.00 Team Totals 1464.0 162 164 362 413 9 77 .989 Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)

Third Base Fielding Stats Player Inn GS G PO A E DP Dave Ferrell 1118.2 128 129 86 260 14 15 .961 2.78 Stan Austin 246.0 28 36 18 50 6 1 .919 2.49 Kazuyuki Hirai 64.1 5 17 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.40 Norberto Hernández 22.0 1 6 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.27 George Avery 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.80 Steven Gregory 8.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 Team Totals 1464.0 162 194 110 326 20 17 .956 Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)

Shortstop Fielding Stats Player Inn GS G PO A E DP Pablo Rosado 910.1 107 107 145 279 9 44 .979 4.19 Stan Austin 323.0 38 43 58 117 8 26 .956 4.88 Kazuyuki Hirai 197.0 16 43 33 59 0 4 1.000 4.20 Norberto Hernández 27.2 1 11 1 7 3 0 .727 2.60 Steven Gregory 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.50 Team Totals 1464.0 162 207 238 462 20 75 .972 Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)

Left Field Fielding Stats Player Inn GS G PO A E DP José Chávez 1113.0 124 125 253 8 6 0 .978 2.11 Steven Gregory 324.1 36 37 62 0 1 0 .984 1.72 Cruz Flores 26.2 2 8 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 Team Totals 1464.0 162 170 324 9 7 0 .979 Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)

Center Field Fielding Stats Player Inn GS G PO A E DP Duane Spencer 1109.2 130 130 359 2 6 0 .984 2.93 José Chávez 219.2 23 25 54 2 2 0 .966 2.29 Steven Gregory 87.0 7 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 Kazuyuki Hirai 22.1 2 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 Cruz Flores 14.2 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 Tomás González 9.2 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.72 Iken Masasu 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Team Totals 1464.0 162 195 443 5 8 0 .982 Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)

Right Field Fielding Stats Player Inn GS G PO A E DP Víctor Moreno 1377.0 154 154 335 7 5 1 .986 2.24 Steven Gregory 57.0 6 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.21 Tomás González 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Cruz Flores 18.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Stan Austin 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Joe O'Dell 4.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 Team Totals 1464.0 162 168 357 7 6 1 .984 Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)

Team Batting Leaders Batting Average Duane Spencer .304 On-Base Pct Duane Spencer .383 Slugging Pct Fa-tang Chi .550 OPS Fa-tang Chi .907 VORP Fa-tang Chi 45.9 Games Fa-tang Chi 160 At-Bats Fa-tang Chi 615 Runs José Chávez 108 Hits Fa-tang Chi 186 Total Bases Fa-tang Chi 338 Singles Dave Ferrell 124 Doubles Juan Jose Osorio 39 Triples José Chávez 9 Home Runs Fa-tang Chi 36 RBIs Fa-tang Chi 118 Stolen Bases José Chávez 45 Caught Stealing José Chávez 22 Walks José Chávez 91 Strikeouts Víctor Moreno 132 Team Pitching Leaders ERA Woodrow Wilson 2.56 Wins Woodrow Wilson 21 Losses Jorge Garza 17 Winning Pct Woodrow Wilson .724 Saves Iken Masasu 32 Games Pitched Iken Masasu 60 Games Started Woodrow Wilson 35 Complete Games Jorge Garza 4 Shutouts Will McKenzie 1 Innings Pitched Woodrow Wilson 246.0 Hits Allowed Will McKenzie 183 Home Runs Allowed Jorge Garza 24 Strikeouts Woodrow Wilson 236 Walks Allowed Jorge Garza 83 Walks per 9 IP Will McKenzie 2.26 Hits per 9 IP Woodrow Wilson 6.62 Strikeouts per 9 IP Woodrow Wilson 8.63 WHIP Woodrow Wilson 1.00 OAVG Woodrow Wilson 0.204 OOBP Woodrow Wilson 0.262 OSLG Woodrow Wilson 0.293 OOPS Woodrow Wilson 0.555

[KWhit]

Note: That looks a lot better ingame. The formatting is a little screwy with the way I cut and pasted it.

[DaddyTorgo]

screwit. I might just have to preorder. grrrrrrrrr

[Buccaneer]

Thanks KWhit.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by IMetTrentGreen

i'm going to run up to '77 and take the rangers when they enter the league.

are there any house rules for using historical players? i want to use them, but i also don't want to know who is going to end up great. if i have to know, i don't want a huge advantage.

You'll want to play "classic" style without the recalc option checked. Personally, I don't see any use for the recalc feature unless you are playing a strict replay season or want to sim accurate (but alternative) history for the MLB before you take over a team. Playing with recalc means, barring injuries, you know how a player's career is going to go, by and large. Even down to when Eckersley or Smoltz transitions to the bullpen. I won't be using that option at all.

[IMetTrentGreen]

understood

[G-Man]

Is the OOTP forum down? I cannot get in no matter how many times I have tried over the past 3 hours!

[sabotai]

Nope. The forums are working for me.

[G-Man]

Originally Posted by sabotai

Nope. The forums are working for me.

That is very odd because I still time out every time I try!

[PSUColonel]

same here

[Marc Duffy]

Can you see www.ootpdevelopments.com ?

Are you trying www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/

[G-Man]

I can get into both of those links now

[Pumpy Tudors]

Well, I was going to preorder, but I've decided not to. I won't have time to play on Thursday, and I'll let some of you other guys run through the release version a little bit and see if any showstoppers pop up. I'll probably just order on Saturday if everyone's reasonably happy, and I'll play over the weekend.

I hope it turns out great!

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Well, I was going to preorder, but I've decided not to. I won't have time to play on Thursday, and I'll let some of you other guys run through the release version a little bit and see if any showstoppers pop up. I'll probably just order on Saturday if everyone's reasonably happy, and I'll play over the weekend.

I hope it turns out great!

Ditto. I thought about preordering as I'm almost 100% certain to get this based on my experience with the preview copy, but I have no time to play on Thursday so that eliminates the allure of the most recent preorder offer. If my plans fall through to go out Friday evening, I can always just order at that time. However, most likely I won't order and start playing until Saturday.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

You'll want to play "classic" style without the recalc option checked. Personally, I don't see any use for the recalc feature unless you are playing a strict replay season or want to sim accurate (but alternative) history for the MLB before you take over a team. Playing with recalc means, barring injuries, you know how a player's career is going to go, by and large. Even down to when Eckersley or Smoltz transitions to the bullpen. I won't be using that option at all.

Agreed. Using "recalc" would give a massive unfair advantage over the CPU. I'm going to sim from the start of baseball until one of the expansion years and then take over an expansion team.

[Bee]

I like the "recalc" option for simming a fictional history before taking over. I assume I'll be able to turn it off when I take over (probably in the 1970's).

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Bee

I like the "recalc" option for simming a fictional history before taking over. I assume I'll be able to turn it off when I take over (probably in the 1970's).

I like the idea of it, but in reality, I don't think I'll ever use it. One of things I want to see in my league is some context for what occurs. So when Tony Congliaro suddenly loses it, I want there to be a reason for it in the game apart from what I know really happened in real life. Guys whose careers got cut short by injury are the ones I have an issue with - we can pretend they just fell off a cliff within the game, but we won't see any pretext, no warning signs (no major injury or signs of having "lost it"), for why that happened.

Or, take when John Smoltz moves to the bullpen for another example...if he's a dominating starter, I want some contextual reason why the game would make him a closer. What if, based on the unknown factors such as injuries, free agency, etc., Smoltz is healthy in the game, pitches effectively in 2000 (based on a combo of his 3 or 5 year averages, let's say) instead of sitting out with an injury, the Braves have a great team and pitching staff, and in 2000 they sign Robb Nen to a 3 year deal as their closer. Now, in 2001, the game changes Smoltz to a closer because that's what happened IRL, and all of a sudden, based on circumstances that have no bearing on the context of the game, you've got 2 superb closers and a hole in the Braves rotation. Or, even worse, if you do the 1-year recalc, does Smoltz simply disappear for no reason for 2000, no injury or any pretext for missing an entire year?

Bottom line for me is that there are some things that just "happen" in baseball - Joe Charbonneau and Jerome Walton are one-hit wonders, and I can deal with that if they pop up and are quickly gone in looking at my league's history - but there are others that are completely contextual and have to bear some relationship to what is going on in the game. And with players who had CEIs IRL or changed positions, I don't see it working all that smoothly. On the flipside of the Smoltz thing, what about guys like Pete Rose or Craig Biggio who switched positions? What if the Astros didn't need a second baseman in 1992 - say, they signed Robbie Alomar the year before? The game doesn't know it's about to have his position switched, so the AI makes decisions based on present need only and ends up with no catcher and 2 all-star second basemen.

Things like that are what is bothering me about the recalc feature, even if I'm not going to actively play while it is being used. Of course, I had a conceptual problem with how the Back to the Future movies played out, too.

[Young Drachma]

From the sounds of it, this game will be playable out of the box. That's pretty exciting, because after the debacle last year, I wasn't looking forward to the release, but preordered last month anyway figuring that I'd want to try it out when it came out.

Tomorrow should be a great day if this is worth the hoopla we're hearing. And that's a great thing, especially since I'm moving until next week so I get the weekend to veg and immerse into it.

[Ksyrup]

According to Markus, the game is finished and ready, so it looks like no major delays before release.

Oh, and who better scravenger or jb?

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[Galaril]

Not to be annoying but I thought I read soemwhere that the game download link would be up for those who preordered tonight at 1:00AM EST? Or is that just a guestimate.

[Ryan S]

Originally Posted by Galaril

Not to be annoying but I thought I read soemwhere that the game download link would be up for those who preordered tonight at 1:00AM EST? Or is that just a guestimate.

If they are claiming a 1am release, I suspect that it will probably be 1am GMT as the entire SI team is based in Europe.

(That is under two hours from now, as we are just four hours ahead of EST until our clocks change this weekend)

[Buccaneer]

I am not going to pre-order or order for a while. The servers will be too busy the next couple of days anyway and then on Sunday, I leave for California for a week. It will be interesting to read all of the reactions and experiences.

[Marc Duffy]

No, the game should be up for pre-orderers by the time they arrive in work tomorrow (Eastern time)

[Balldog]

So...is it possible to manage games for minor leagues, say I want to be the manager of the Toledo Mud Hens...can I?

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Balldog

So...is it possible to manage games for minor leagues, say I want to be the manager of the Toledo Mud Hens...can I?

Yes.

[Fouts]

Almost time. Should I stay up all night, or hit the sack and not worry about long download times tomorrow?

[Icy]

For those who will get the pre ordered game today, i have created a fictional players real MLB pack and template.

It's a MLB07 template and graphics pack, with all the correct team names and affiliations for 2007, from MLB to rookie levels. No players included, so when you create a game based on this template, fictional players will be generated and you will run an inaugural draft. You can also use this template as base to create your own, adding more leagues etc before starting the game.

Before starting the universe, remember to edit the template in advanced mode to fit your needs and likings as the options have been setup how i like to play the game (for example 1-10 ratings scale etc). To use it, start a league from template and choose the icy-mlb07 template.

It includes all the following graphics:
MLB real teams colors
MLB real logos
MLB real caps
MLB real jerseys

IL AAA real teams colors
IL AAA real logos
IL AAA real caps
IL AAA real jerseys

PL AAA real teams colors
PL AAA real logos
PL AAA real caps
PL AAA real jerseys

AA real logos

A real logos

SA real logos

R real logos

I might work on AA and A jerseys etc in the future, but after some months betatesting the game and creating this graphics, i want to play the damn game now

Those graphics will be stored in your data folder and will be used everytime you start a new game with the correct team names, for example when in the future a real rosters pack is released by somebody, this graphics pack will be 100% compatible.

Here is the 1.0 file, enjoy and please post here about any error or problems.

http://www.prodeportes.com/ootp07/Icy-MLB07-pack-1.zip (11Mb file)

Instructions:

Unzip the file to your OOTP07 data folder (for example)

c:\Documents and Settings\your user\My Documents\Sports Interactive\OOTP Baseball 2007\data

When asked about overwriting existing folders answer yes (it won't overwrite anything).

Only one problem by now, right now there is no way to store the texture name in the jersey logo name, so the colors are saved but not if the jerseys have stripes, or pinstripe line, etc. It means that you could have a NY Yankees with he right colors but without stripped lines in the jersey as right now the texture is randomly assigned (i just requested it to Andreas). You can edit it easily in the teams options and colors screen, selecting the stripes jersey texture.

To have all the logos etc working properly, i suggest to do the following:

1- Go to Game setup
2- Go to the Players and Pictures options screen
3- Click on all the buttons in the "Team picture functions" section:
Reset all teams logos
Reset all caps logos
Reset all jersey logos
Reset all caps textures
Reset all jersey textures

Examples:

MLB:


International League (AAA)


Pacific League (AAA)

[Ben E Lou]

An important note on Icy's template (or any template): if you start a league using the template and change your league structure during league creation (say you only want 24 teams in MLB, but want to use the real logos, for example) make sure you regenerate your league's schedule. (If you change league structure during league creation, no warning is generated to remind you to do this. If you change league structure at any other time, it will warn you to recreate the schedule.)

[Sweed]

ootp boards down for upgrading with the release in a couple of hours?

WTF?

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Sweed

ootp boards down for upgrading with the release in a couple of hours?

WTF?

Maybe changing skins and configuration for the new game?

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

Maybe changing skins and configuration for the new game?

Maybe. After I posted I almost wondered if they shutdown when the started the emails so they wouldn't have a million "I haven't got mine yet" posts

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

An important note on Icy's template (or any template): if you start a league using the template and change your league structure during league creation (say you only want 24 teams in MLB, but want to use the real logos, for example) make sure you regenerate your league's schedule. (If you change league structure during league creation, no warning is generated to remind you to do this. If you change league structure at any other time, it will warn you to recreate the schedule.)

That has been fixed

However, all teams in this template are set to not allow beards. So you may want to go into each teams uniform editor and enable that option again

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

That has been fixed

To clarify: is this fixed for the release, or for the first patch?

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

To clarify: is this fixed for the release, or for the first patch?

Release

[Ksyrup]

No beards! How could such an oversight have gotten past your team of beta testers?

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

No beards! How could such an oversight have gotten past your team of beta testers?

This is an unofficial user-created mod Not a bug in the game...

[Ben E Lou]

Where's that *WHOOSH* smiley when you need it?

[Fouts]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Release

This post got me excited for no reason.

[TRO]

The preorder copy is out...

[Young Drachma]

Indeed it is. I'm installing now.

[Ksyrup]

Yeah!

Fat lot of good it does me while I'm at work, though...

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Yeah!

Fat lot of good it does me while I'm at work, though...

I'm installing it, then I'm turning the laptop off..packing it up and heading to my office. To play when I get to my office, of course.

[King of New York]

Phooey...pre-ordered on Feb. 16, but no email yet.

Must remember to be patient.

[Eaglesfan27]

I gave in and pre-ordered. I'll download when I get home and start simming the back history to my league so that it will be ready to go when I have time to play on Saturday (going to sim 70-80 years for my first career and take over the Phillies in the early 80's. )